Peck / Callahan Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)
Peck / Callahan Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Quoketaug Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.1 miles off.
Rugged rocky uplands with vernal pool, red maple swamp and marsh and rocky stream crossing. The Preserve is the site of the 2013 federally-funded New England Cottontail Habitat Restoration Project, to be managed as a young forest. No public access.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.0 mi off the Shannock Road
- 19.4 mi off the Ministerial Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Quoketaug Hill: 0.6 mi
- Gallup Hill: 2.2 mi
- Jeremy Hill: 2.6 mi
- Merritt Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.8 mi
- Groton Sportsmens Club: 0.9 mi
- Collier / Acker Preserve: 1.1 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Gallup Salt Marsh: 1.4 mi
- Deane Avery Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Town Open Space (Jerry Browne Road): 1.7 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 1.2 mi
- River Road Park: 2.1 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.3 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 2.4 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 2.8 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 2.8 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 3.8 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 1.3 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.4 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 2.4 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 2.7 mi
- Children's Museum: 2.8 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 2.9 mi
- Williams Beach: 3.7 mi
- DuBois Beach: 5.0 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 5.4 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 5.5 mi
- Penguin: 1.8 mi
- Giant Gnome: 1.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 1.9 mi
- Stone Turtle: 1.9 mi
- Mystic Blue: 2.7 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 3.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 3.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 6.2 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 6.3 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 7.3 mi
- Cascade: 5.1 mi
- Cascade: 5.3 mi
- Yantic Falls: 12.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.7 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 17.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 8.7 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 8.7 mi
- Sprout Garden: 8.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 9.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 7.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 7.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 7.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 9.9 mi
- Powder House: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.1 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 14.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 21.6 mi
- Crow Head: 22.9 mi
- Clay Head: 23.4 mi
- Old Spring: 3.1 mi
- Factory Pond: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Peck / Callahan Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 360° | 163 m | 6.9 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 30° | 158 m | 7.8 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 9° | 155 m | 6.8 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 33° | 153 m | 8.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 27° | 149 m | 6.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 350° | 144 m | 6.0 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 8° | 139 m | 4.4 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 19° | 139 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/43440029
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 3 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- North Stonington · 4 mi
- Ledyard · 5 mi
- Groton · 6 mi
- Westerly · 6 mi
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